Sunday, July 29, 2012

In June, Connie made her second visit of this year to Los Angeles,
and stayed for just over a week. She spent much of the time in the recording
studio, where she was working with the legendary multi-Grammy award
winning song writer/producer Toby Gad.

This picture shows Toby and Connie during a break in recording
sessions.

Connie also found time while she was in L.A. to visit Disneyland
and other interesting places. At the end of her visit, when Connie was on her
way to the airport to catch her flight home to England, we asked her what she
thought was the most amazing thing that happened during her stay in America.
Without any hesitation, she replied, "Definitely the most amazing thing
was working with Toby Gad in the recording studio!"

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

After a very hardworking school year, Connie and her family are taking a well-earned break, on a little holiday in Wales. They spent most of today on the beach! Here's Connie, thinking about taking a dip in the ocean.

This summer, the UK has had chilly temperatures and record rainfalls. Wales is a beautiful country, with lovely people. And usually it's wetter than the Amazon rain forest.

But as soon as the Talbot family arrived there, the sun came out, and the temperature rocketed to the high nineties! How did they do that?

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

My last day at
primary school was a
rollercoaster of a day; I was
excited, happy and sad all at
the same time. For the whole
of the school day, I was lucky
enough to spend it with all my
friends, listening to music,
having a party and writing
good bye messages on
each-others shirts.

It was the best
last school day I could ask
for. After school, me and the
rest of my friends got changed
and there was a pink limo
waiting to pick us up and take
us out for a meal. All our
families, friends and teachers
were there to take photos and
wave us off; even a reporter
from a newspaper was there to
take photos of us all.

Once
inside the limo, we all had
drinks waiting for us and our
favourite music playing - a
medley of 2012 songs. After
having a drive around, we were
dropped off at a restaurant,
where all our families were
now waiting for us. The meal
was a nice way to sit, talk
and reminisce about school.

After getting home, I already
started to miss everyone,
which is why I was sad for a
while, but I’ve
already arranged to spend the
day with everyone during the
summer holiday.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Please don't forget to send requests to Radio Disney to get them to play Connie's song, SAIL AWAY, on their radio station.

http://radio.disney.go.com/speak/request.html

In the list of artists, click on "Can't find my song/artist..." (it's right there at the top of the list).
Then in the box that appears below, just type:
Connie Talbot, "Sail Away"

Then fill in your first name, age, and state, and click Submit.

Please ask your friends to put in a request too.

If all of Connie's fans make a request, and the radio stations play the song, then SAIL AWAY will have a really great chance of hitting the charts. This is a time when all of you Connie-fans/friends can help in a big way.

Remember... your request WILL make a difference!

If you don't have SAIL AWAY already, click here to download your copy now from iTunes

We hereby declare "Make You Feel My Love" to be, under due process, elected!

We do realize you guys were given a very tough decision to make, because they're all such great videos from Connie. But you came through it bravely, and made your choices, so we'd just like to say well done to everyone who voted!

And now we have a couple more questions for you.1. What do you think it was about the MYFML video that made more people vote for it?2. Would you like to see more voting polls here, on the Connie Talbot official blog?
You can put your answers in the comments section below. This is your chance to have your say. Go for it!

Monday, July 16, 2012

First
of all, to just say I’m very conscious of what a pleasure and a privilege it is
for me that I have the chance to be a contributor on the Connie Talbot official blog as
an author.

I guess some of you already know who I am… I’m the guy who
does a bit of helping out here and there on Connie’s official YouTube channel. You
may ask, “What’s it feel like to be doing that job?”

Well, to tell you the truth… it kind of feels like… having the best job in the world!

I bless the day I first started working with the lovely Talbot
family, and their amazingly talented daughter, and so began a journey that has brought me so many
joyful moments, and smiles and fun, ever since.

Connie is just a normal kid, but I believe she is also the
greatest star. To quote the song – you ain’t seen NOTHING like her yet!

I’ll be posting on here every once in a while, and hopefully
it’ll be something that interests you, the readers. So… see you then!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Recently, Connie was in Los Angeles to record with songwriter/producer Toby Gad. After a week of long days and hard work in the studio, I thought Connie deserved a little treat. So, on the last day she was here, I packed up the car with Connie and Sharon and our friends Jordan and Lee-anne Jansen, and we headed to Disneyland. Everyone had a great time, but there was one little incident that sticks in my mind. As we were walking through the park, Connie spotted a little boy, maybe 4 or 5 years old, standing in the middle of the crowd of people walking every which direction. He was just standing there, crying, and no one seemed to pay much attention... well, except Connie. She quickly crossed over to the little guy, squatted down next to him and asked him what was wrong. He told her he was lost. Connie took his hand and brought him over to where the rest of us were standing, then she ran over to a park employee with a walkie-talkie and told him about the lost boy. Within a couple of minutes, frightened boy and worried family were reunited. It is just a simple story, but it showed what a kind, caring and compassionate young person Connie Talbot is.

Having gotten to know Connie's parents, Gavin and Sharon, and having already witnessed several random acts of kindness involving strangers, I know where Connie gets those wonderful qualities from.

It is a special treat to be working with Connie. She has my admiration and respect.

Since this Connie Talbot Official blog was launched, it's been amazing to see how many people have visited! Thank you for coming here, and we hope you will come back often. This blog is made for you. Thanks for your support!

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Monday, July 9, 2012

Since the karaoke version of Connie's original song SAIL AWAY has been released, we have been amazed to see so many people uploading covers of the song on YouTube! Connie is really delighted by them. She said in her recent interview with Sina, the gigantic media company from China, that it was one of her ambitions to have other people covering her songs.

All the covers are brilliant, each one in its own different way. You all did a great job!

Now the plan is to collect all the covers together on one video page on Connie's website. So if you have made a cover of SAIL AWAY, and you would like it to appear on the website, please place it on the timeline of Connie's Facebook page.

If you haven't yet made a cover, why not give it a try? Now's your chance! :-)

Connie's song SAIL AWAY is available worldwide in vocal or karaoke versions from iTunes, Amazon, or CDBaby.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Hi everyone! Welcome to the official blog of Connie Talbot,
worldwide music star and finalist on Britain's Got Talent 2007. Our dedicated
team of authors have only one aim in mind – to keep you informed!

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Friday, July 6, 2012

What
was the first home video to appear on Connie’s official YouTube channel?

Don’t
worry, this is not a contest, and we’ll give you the answer right away! It
was a cover of “When You Believe” by Whitney Houston, uploaded on July
8th, 2011.

Connie has always been a fan of Whitney Houston's music, ever since she was tiny.

The
video was actually first recorded back in February 2011, soon after Connie performed the
song live for an audience of 30,000 people at the Molineux stadium of the EPL soccer team Wolverhampton Wanderers.

There were a few videos already on the channel, of course, from the old days. But this was the first of the “new era”, so to speak. Why was it chosen? Because of things that were happening at the time, it seemed like a good idea to post a video that contained the words, “There can be miracles, WHEN YOU BELIEVE”.